AP Human Geography Unit 3 Vocab

adoption of the behavioral patterns of the surrounding culture

doctrine that everything natural has a soul

ancient objects made by human beings

process of adding new ideas

follower of Bahaism

observable actions or responses of humans or animals

ideas that people hold to be true

able to speak two languages

a religion of Buddha that teaches that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire

the teachings of Confucius that encourage love for humanity

rapid and widespread diffusion

mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages

the belief cultural that influences determine the behaviors and personalities of people

spread of cultural ideas from one society to another

geographic approach that emphasizes human-environment interactions

human geography that looks at how cultures vary over space.

place of origin of a culture

visible imprint of human activity and culture on the landscape

practice of judging a culture by its own standards

process by which one generation passes culture to the next

related set of culture traits descriptive of one aspect of a society's behavior or activity

area in which people have many shared culture traits

collection of interacting elements taken together shape a group's collective identity

single element of normal practice in a culture

philosophical system of Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu that emphasizes a simple, honest life

usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; branches off of a language

a group migration of people with common roots

sacred is the religious world

a branch of Christianity that derives from the Byzantine Church

view that the natural environment has a controlling influence over various aspects of human life including cultural development

religion with a concentrated spatial distribution

belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group

religion that is extinct

culture usually practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups

an area where many people who live in a land space share at least some traditions or customs

composite culture of folk societies

distinguished area of the Earth

was a geographer that wrote about cultural diffusion

spread of an idea from nodes of authority or power to persons or places with less power

polytheistic religion of Hindus

doctrine encouraging a person's self-realization using reasoning

term for a trait with many cultural hearths that developed independent of each other

spoken in most of Europe and areas of European settlement and in much of southwestern and southern Asia, an example

monotheistic religion of Muslims

boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate

monotheistic religion of the Jews

vocal or written communication

group of languages with a shared origin

group of languages with more in common than a language family

a common language such as English used by different speakers

many languages spoken by a small group of people.

study of the geographical distribution of linguistic features

one of two schools of Buddhist doctrine encouraging the use of faith only

economic and political theories of Karl Marx that say human actions and institutions are economically determined

physical manifestations of human activities such as buildings

when an innovation originates somewhere and enjoys strong-but brief-adoption, loses strength at origin by the time it reaches another area

religion with one god

common use of two or more languages in a society or country

human creations, such as values, that are not embodied in physical objects

rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members

language adopted for use by the government for the conduct of busines and publication of documents

an artificial language used for trade between speakers of different languages

culture found in a heterogeneous society

reformers who protested some practices of the catholic church

an awareness of being a part of a group of people living in a culture region

branches: large and general divisions

spread of a feature or trend through movement of people

a branch of CHristianity

American geographer that wrote about diffusion

animistic religion of northern Asia

one of the two primary branches of Islam

a monotheistic religion founded in northern India

form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communications

diffusion in which one people receives a culture element from another but gives it a new and unique form

one of the two primary branches of Islam

smaller landscapes that symbolize a bigger area

motifs that stand for other things or ideas

combining of beliefs

The Buddhist yana whose path is the transformation of neurotically confused emotions into their enlightened equivalents.

Way of the Elders

declining degree of acceptance of an idea or innovation with increasing time and distance from its point of origin or source.

branch of naming that studies the place names of a region or a language

original religion

cultural borowing that occurs when different cultures of approximately equal complexity and technological level come into close contact

religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location.